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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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why past perfect
Hello.
I would like to know why past participles are used in the follwoing senetnces.
There had been demonstrations in front of the PM's residence every Friday night since March 29, ostensibly to protest the restart of the Oi reactor in Fukui Prefecture, but the mainstream vernacular press had provided almost no coverage. On June 29, according to Hirose, most media, TV news shows in particular, had finally been given "the go-ahead" to cover the demonstrations.(The Japan Times)
Is it possible to use past tence or present participle?
I would like to know why past participles are used in the follwoing senetnces.
There had been demonstrations in front of the PM's residence every Friday night since March 29, ostensibly to protest the restart of the Oi reactor in Fukui Prefecture, but the mainstream vernacular press had provided almost no coverage. On June 29, according to Hirose, most media, TV news shows in particular, had finally been given "the go-ahead" to cover the demonstrations.(The Japan Times)
Is it possible to use past tence or present participle?
Top answer
In the context to the text you give, there is a report of some important event which took place after the events in the text . Example: President Kennedy was shot in 1963. He had been president for a two or three years and had escalated the Vietnam war.
- In the context to the text you give, there is a report of some important event which took place after the events in the text .
- Example: President Kennedy was shot in 1963.
- He had been president for a two or three years and had escalated the Vietnam war.
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In the context to the text you give, there is a report of some important event which took place after the events in the text.
Example:
President Kennedy was shot in 1963.
He had been president for a two or three years and had escalated the Vietnam war.
Example:
President Kennedy was shot in 1963.
He had been president for a two or three years and had escalated the Vietnam war.
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fivejedjon:
AnonymousI would like to know why pastparticiplesperfect forms are used in the follwoing senetnces.
There had been demonstrations in front of the PM's residence every Friday night since March 29, osten
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